Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2016

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2016 were Olivia for girls (210 babies) and Noah for boys (225). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 26,419 babies born in Connecticut in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2016

Names given at least 15 times in Connecticut that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Giuliana: 27 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Siena: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maeve: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Vivienne: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brooke: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gianna: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Adriana: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lia: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Liana: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julianna: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Nico: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rocco: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 118 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cole: 74 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dante: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Luca: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cody: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gregory: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ibrahim: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	210	↑2	2
2	Charlotte	195	↑5	7
3	Mia	189	↑3	6
4	Ava	188	↑1	3
5	Isabella	180	↓1	5
6	Sophia	173	↓5	4
7	Emma	169	↓5	1
8	Abigail	145	↑1	8
9	Amelia	133	↑2	10
10	Emily	123	↓2	9
11	Sofia	110	↑1	14
12	Grace	109	↑2	19
13	Madison	107	↓3	15
14	Ella	105	↑3	17
15	Riley	102	↑6	22
16	Harper	100	–	11
17	Avery	97	↓4	16
18	Evelyn	90	↑13	12
19	Aria	85	↑3	23
20	Chloe	85	↑10	20
21	Lily	81	↑4	24
22	Nora	78	↑5	36
23	Penelope	78	↑19	27
24	Scarlett	78	↑2	18
25	Aubrey	75	↓7	25
26	Elizabeth	75	↓6	13
27	Gabriella	75	↓12	61
28	Victoria	75	↓5	21
29	Hannah	74	↓10	33
30	Gianna	72	↓6	92
31	Layla	69	↑9	30
32	Julia	67	↑3	88
33	Savannah	67	↑16	38
34	Addison	64	↑4	29
35	Zoe	64	↓6	35
36	Leah	63	–	37
37	Lillian	63	↑8	28
38	Maya	62	↓4	64
39	Claire	60	↑11	40
40	Skylar	59	↓7	42
41	Hailey	58	↑6	68
42	Mila	58	new	48
43	Samantha	58	↓15	44
44	Zoey	57	new	26
45	Anna	56	new	49
46	Ariana	56	↓14	54
47	Emilia	56	new	>100
48	Stella	53	new	45
49	Violet	53	new	47
50	Alexa	52	↓11	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Noah	225	–	1
2	James	200	↑11	5
3	Michael	198	↑4	8
4	Liam	191	–	2
5	Jacob	183	–	7
6	William	182	↑2	3
7	Benjamin	179	↓1	6
8	Alexander	178	↓5	11
9	Mason	178	↓7	4
10	Lucas	175	↑8	14
11	Ethan	164	↑1	10
12	Joseph	155	↓1	20
13	Logan	152	↓3	18
14	Matthew	143	↓5	15
15	Anthony	142	–	30
16	Ryan	142	↓2	40
17	Christopher	134	↑19	36
18	Henry	130	↑23	22
19	Oliver	130	↑15	12
20	Daniel	128	↓4	13
21	Jack	125	↓1	38
22	John	124	↓3	28
23	Gabriel	122	↑2	25
24	Dylan	121	↓7	32
25	Owen	120	↑4	24
26	Aiden	118	↓4	16
27	Nicholas	118	↑15	63
28	Cameron	115	↑2	57
29	Connor	114	↑15	54
30	Andrew	112	↓4	34
31	David	111	↓7	19
32	Jackson	108	↓9	17
33	Luke	108	↓6	29
34	Carter	106	↓2	26
35	Jayden	106	–	27
36	Joshua	103	↓3	35
37	Sebastian	99	↑2	23
38	Julian	98	↓10	39
39	Nathan	98	↓8	43
40	Christian	97	↑3	46
41	Samuel	94	↓20	21
42	Charles	93	new	52
43	Elijah	93	↓3	9
44	Thomas	87	↓7	48
45	Jeremiah	82	↑4	58
46	Grayson	80	new	37
47	Josiah	78	new	55
48	Dominic	75	new	72
49	Cole	74	new	>100
50	Leo	73	new	74

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